Finished the 5th episode, the one where she goes to her friends house for dinner and the parents get in a fight with her friend? It wasn't til the Halloween episode, I realized this takes place in 1980' I thought it seemed "off" for the late 90's.

I like Sam's friend who has the ridiculous glasses, who dressed like the Bionic Woman for Halloween, his look cracked me up. Not good with names, but he's nerdy amusing. Is he the type you had a crush on? :

Blonde girl? She kind of seems like a bully, so I'm not sure about her true character really. Maybe she's just starting to find her place and she will become more accepting of hanging around what she considers freaky, lame kids? I find her kinda volatile so far, just not sure if she's really trying to be friends or what? I'm amused how young James Franco is in this and the last episode had one of the first appearances of Rashida Jones, I could recognize her voice lol

She's horrible in those first few episodes. Lots of those kids are still around. When I first watched this show, I had thought that Seth Rogen was one of those actors in his thirties playing a teenager. But I think he was 17 at the time.